Process for preparing alkyl halosilanes

US5874604A · kind A · utility

Assignee

• GE Bayer Silicones GmbH & Co. KG · DE

Inventors

• Matthias Steiner · Seiersberg, AT
• Bruno Degen · Much, DE
• Rainer Weber · Leverkusen, DE

Key dates

• Filing date: Oct 22, 1997
• Grant date: Feb 23, 1999
• Expiry date: Oct 22, 2017

Classification

• Technology area (CPC C): Chemistry; Metallurgy
• CPC primary: C07F7/16
• WIPO field: Organic fine chemistry
• WIPO sector: Chemistry

Abstract

The present invention relates to a process for preparing alkyl halosilanes by reacting a contact material which comprises, in addition to silicon, at least one copper-containing compound as catalyst and at least one promoter, with an alkyl halide.